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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decision  —  Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.  —  Donald J. Trump began an effort on Monday to throw …
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Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Supreme Court Impeachment Plan Released by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  announced plans to introduce articles of impeachment against the U.S.  —  justices on Monday after the court ruled that presidents have immunity for official actions.  —  The court on Monday ruled that former presidents …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence  —  The Supreme Court's immunity decision directed the trial court to hold hearings on what portions of the indictment can survive — a possible chance for prosecutors to set out their case in public before Election Day.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained  —  The Court's Trump immunity decision is a blueprint for dictatorship. … The Court's six Republicans handed down a decision on Monday that gives Donald Trump such sweeping immunity from prosecution that there are unlikely …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A five-alarm fire for democracy  —  On Monday, six members of the Supreme Court granted Donald Trump — and every future president — broad criminal immunity.  The court found that, as president, Trump was free to use his “official” powers to commit crimes.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially  —  Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable.  —  Pocket  —  Welp, Donald Trump won.  The Supreme Court today ruled that presidents are entitled to …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The imperial presidency in waiting … - A re-elected Trump would quickly set up vast camps and deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally. … - In Washington, Trump would move to fire potentially tens of thousands of civil servants using a controversial interpretation of law and procedure.
Politico:
Playbook: Dems' SCOTUS split-screen  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE TRUMP CASES — “How to Salvage the Jan. 6 Case Against Trump,” by Ankush Khardori: “Special counsel JACK SMITH and Judge TANYA CHUTKAN have a narrow path to move forward with a trial.” ...
Discussion: NBC News
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Thomas uses Trump immunity ruling to question Jack Smith appointment
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts' Legacy to American Democracy
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Warns That Supreme Court's Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump
Maya Homan / USA Today:
What is presumptive immunity? Here's what the Supreme Court ruling could mean for Trump
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
SCOTUS: Actually, Presidents Are Kings
Politico:
Trump world is giddy over the Supreme Court immunity decision
David Corn / Mother Jones:
“The President Is Now a King”: The Most Blistering Lines From Dissents in the Trump Immunity Case
emptywheel:
Justice Roberts' Drone Strike on George Washington's Legacy
Discussion: Law Dork
Avery Lotz / Axios:
“The president is now a king”: Key lines from Trump immunity ruling
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Biden Reads Teleprompter For 5 Minutes, Takes No Questions In First Major Post-Debate Appearance  —  President Joe Biden made his first major appearance since his panic-inspiring debate performance Monday to give brief remarks on the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision that was released earlier in the day.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden team circulates poll showing no change in race after bad debate
Discussion: New York Times
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
SCOTUS gives Trumpian autocrats a map for abusing power  —  The imperial court sides with their king.  —  ∙ Paid … Not content to utterly upend the separation of powers as it did last week by gutting the administrative state, the right-wingers on the US Supreme Court yesterday further unbalanced …
Discussion: Washington Post and USA Today
Gregg Montgomery / WISH-TV:
Rep. Spartz charged with weapons violation at DC airport  —  U.S. Rep. Spartz charged with airport weapons violation  —  (WISH) — U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with a weapons violation at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.  —  A spokesperson for Metropolitan …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals  —  A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated …
Jesse Scheckner / Florida Politics:
Unsealed: Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury records now viewable online  —  The records have long been sealed due to state limitations on exposing grand jury evidence.  Lawmakers passed narrowly tailored legislation in February to circumvent those restrictions.  —  More than 150 transcript pages …
Kevin M. Kruse / Campaign Trails:
The Radical Roberts Court  —  The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever.  —  For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, whose pro-slavery perversions …
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